The Year Is
Bobby Mair & Red Richardson
A new comedy podcast from comedians Bobby Mair and Red Richardson
Every episode we travel back to a different year in history and talk about the weirdest, most interesting and sometimes horrifying events that year.
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Red is imprisoned in a Dubai prison so the brilliant Radu Isac steps in to guest host and joins Bobby to break down an important year for Radu's home country. By a speech in the Parliament of Romania by Mihail Kogălniceanu, the country declares itself independent from the Ottoman Empire (recognized in 1878 after the end of the Romanian independence war). American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier, after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska. Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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11/16/22 • 54 min
Content Warning: This episode contains either some new legendary argumentative moments on the podcast or very probably the stupidest. We go to 1856, where Scottish-Australian James Harrison invents the fridge, American mercenary takes control of Nicaragua, pre-human remains are found in Neanderthal Valley in Prussia, and the Battle of Black Jack, antislavery forces, led by John Brown, defeat proslavery forces in Bleeding Kansas. Also Bobby has been experiencing incontinence, and what's the difference between a fridge an ice house, neanderthals and humans, and Prussia vs Russia?
Watch Bobby Mair's comedy special "Cockroach" on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D67iptVv9ac
And Red is about to film his on December 2nd - Get your tickets here - http://www.acesandeightssaloonbar.com/events/2543
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What obscure or significant events did we miss from 1856? Let us know your favourite historical facts from that year, or if have any suggestions for other years for us to do an episode on send us an email to [email protected]
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11/09/22 • 48 min
It's 2008, Bobby's recovering from the flu and Red's so excited about doing his research for the year, he dives in immediately, with the origin of phrases such as mansplain, burner phone and fat shame, Bobby's Canadian cousin Justin Bieber is signed to Def Jam records, a fire Universal Studios Hollywood lose 175,000 master tapes tapes to over 700 artists music including Nirvana, Chuck Berry, Eminem, Otis Redding. "Dad of the Year" Josef Fritzl is discovered to have been keeping his daughter hostage in his basement for 24 years, the Channel Island of Sark holds its first democratic elections becoming the last European territory to abolish feudalism and stock markets around the world plunge amid growing fears of a recession after the 2007 financial crisis. Also Bobby's comedy special is challenging Baby Shark to be the most viewed video on YouTube
Watch Bobby Mair's comedy special "Cockroach" on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D67iptVv9ac
And Red is about to film his on December 2nd - Get your tickets here - http://www.acesandeightssaloonbar.com/events/2543
Sign up now to our Patreon for early access, bonus weekly episodes not available anywhere else, posters, cameo messages, free tickets to online shows and discounts to live shows and much more - https://www.patreon.com/theyearispod
What obscure or significant events did we miss from 2008? Let us know your favourite historical facts from that year, or if have any suggestions for other years for us to do an episode on send us an email to [email protected]
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The Year Is AD 30 With Alasdair Beckett-King
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06/29/22 • 80 min
Strap into the time machine and shotgun a comfortable seat as we are going all the way back almost 2000 years to AD 30, and what better guest to have join us than the the very funny and very nice but also argumentative Alasdair Beckett-King. A year primarily known for being when Jesus Christ of Nazareth was crucified, as well as either John the Baptist or Jon Batiste being beheaded, and "Dick of the Year" Caligula escapes exile and death along with his siblings after his mother is arrested. We also hear about Alasdair's many online feuds, and Bobby and Red try and come up with various methods to get the podcast more attention.
Check out Alasdair Beckett-King's podcast about local legends "Loremen" and his Twitter - https://twitter.com/MisterABK
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What obscure or significant events did we miss from the history of AD 30? Let us know your favourite historical facts from that year, or if have any suggestions for other years for us to do an episode on send us an email to [email protected]
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The Year Is 1848
The Year Is
04/10/22 • 81 min
The Year Is 1848, the year of the con artist! The Fox sisters, two teenagers inadvertently start Spiritualism by getting paid pretending they could speak to dead people, the California Gold Rush encourages people from across America including the Trump family trying to outdo each other to find the gold when they could have just been selling shovels! Phineas Gage is a medical miracle somehow surviving a large iron rod being driven completely through his head, Gustave Caillebout a friend of Monet, is painting art with his fellow Impressionists and "Dick of The Year" Karl Marx publishes The Communist Manifesto with Friedrich Engels. Also hear about Bobby's experience inadvertently working for a very talented con artist in Canada and Red's adventures on his e-scooter ends up with him having to make a long distance call to California after being conned by some teenagers.
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What obscure or significant events did we miss from the history of 1848? Let us know your favourite historical facts from that year, or if have any suggestions for other years for us to do an episode on send us an email to [email protected]
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05/03/23 • 52 min
This week Bobby has been watching Yellowstone so was inspired to take us to 1923 where he's mostly interested in natural disasters such as large hailstones killing 23 people in the Soviet Union, The Great Kanto Earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama killing more than 100,000 people, Mount Etna erupts in Italy making 60,000 homeless, Walter Wever, a Luftwaffe flying ace who claimed 44 aerial victories 350 combat missions is born, and Warren G Harding, the 29th President of the United States died whose reputation was diminished after the revelation of multiple scandals after his death.
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04/19/23 • 53 min
Esteemable historian Red Richardson escorts us on a personalised excursion to 1956, when the most important things that happened were firstly the invention of the snooze alarm, Tom Hanks was born, British Rail gets rid of 3rd Class seats, Royal Navy Frogman Lionel Buster Crabb disappears, Violet Gibson dies, the woman who shot Mussolini in the nose, and Norma Jean Mortenson legally changes her name to Marilyn Monroe.
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04/12/23 • 68 min
Robert Lindsay Mair transports us to 1893, when Rudolph Diesel receives a patent for the diesel engine, in Belgium Adam Worth is sentenced to 7 years for robbery, and Caleb Bradham invents the recipe for what he calls "Brad's Drink" that would later go on to become known as the brand Pepsi. Also a Putin War Fanatic is being scammed by hackers and how did Ted Bunny father a child whilst in a maximum security prison?
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Year Is have?
The Year Is currently has 90 episodes available.
What topics does The Year Is cover?
The podcast is about Comedians, Society & Culture, British, History, Comedian, Funny, Improv, Comedy and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on The Year Is?
The episode title '1957 - Shark Attacks, Assassinated Swedish Schindler, A Fire Kills 44 Old People, the Last Man Hanged in Australia' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Year Is?
The average episode length on The Year Is is 60 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Year Is released?
Episodes of The Year Is are typically released every 6 days, 23 hours.
When was the first episode of The Year Is?
The first episode of The Year Is was released on Dec 4, 2021.
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